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Wellness Guide Program

What is a Wellness Guide?

A Wellness Guide is a practitioner who has been specifically prepared to assist others in the integration of body, mind, and spirit ideals.

Wellness Guide Certification qualifies you to establish a private practice and/or work in a counseling center, spa, professional association, or corporation, teaching wellness as the optimum state of well-being available to the body, mind, and spirit.

The Wellness Guide Certification Program consists of:

• Foundations of Spirituality
• Three trimesters of on-campus classes in February, May and September

The program employs a variety of teaching methods: lecture, situational practicum, group discussion, experiential exercises, assigned readings, case studies, student presentations, and videos. A strong emphasis is placed on ethical practices.

Wellness Guide enrollees participate in Graduate Week activities with other seminary students. Classes begin on the Saturday morning prior to Graduate Week and continuing on the Sunday prior and the Saturday following Graduate Week. Foundations of Spirituality can be completed concurrently.

Trimester Schedule:

February:

Wellness of Spirit
Emphasizes the living process; integrating the inner with the outer.

• How to teach the Science of Meditation
• Universal Laws and their Practical Application
• Spiritual Emergencies
• Psychological, Physiological, and Ethics of Emergencies
• Presentation on "What Is a Wellness Guide?"

May:

Wellness of Body
Emphasizes the healing process

• Death and Dying
• Origins and Evolution of the Etheric Body and the Five Senses
• Esoteric Healing
• Where Healing Takes Place
• Nutritional Practices
• Addictive Behavior
• Human Sexuality
• Understanding Body Language
• Discussion of Local Practices

September:

Wellness of Mind
Emphasizes the teaching and learning process

• How to Teach
• How Learning Happens
• Mind Sciences
• Right Use of Intuition
• Counseling and Mentoring Skills
• Therapeutic Approaches
• How to Start Your Practice